I still haven't quite made up my mind yet about this show even after seeing the trailer but, since Mikey Bustos is playing the starring role, it must be worth-watching. Let's see once it's finally up in the web. The synopsis makes it sound interesting. Hmmmm ....
Press Release:
Fresh from winning the 2011 Wiki Pinoy of The Year, Fil-Canadian Mikey Bustos who is currently making waves in the international scene is in Manila for a series of appearances and radio tours to promote his latest accomplishment, PRISON DANCER.
Mikey is in Manila after filming his role as Christian in the very first Canadian produced Inter-Active Web Musical Prison Dancer, an original interactive musical web series inspired by the viral Youtube phenomenon, the “Dancing Inmates of Cebu” created to showcase the Filipino talent and culture, and to elevate the platform of entertainment and digital storytelling, to make people everywhere sing and dance!
Featuring a cast of Youtube stars and some of the most exciting Filipino musical talent emerging in North America, Prison Dancer is “Glee meets Miss Saigon” wrapped in a “choose your own” adventure. Filled with catchy pop tunes, star-crossed lovers, and engaging interactive elements, Prison Dancer brings together the best of Broadway and Youtube entertainment and takes transmedia storytelling to the next level.
Elements that are already in the mass consciousness, and PRISON DANCER: THE MUSICAL has all the ingredients of a new viral hit:
Filipino dancing inmates + Michael Jackson dance moves + B-boy/America's Best Dance Crew choreography (e.g. the Jabbawockees)+ Youtube viral video culture + Multi-platform musical theatre + Manny Pacquiao pride+ Original music, lyrics and script (written by two former castmembers of that other musical that made Filipinos famous) = Prison Dancer: The Musical
This is a 12 episode web series launching in March 2012! Music and Lyrics by Romeo Candido, written by Romeo Candido and Carmen De Jesus, and directed by Romeo Candido. Produced by Ana Serrano.
Starring Mikey Bustos, Jeigh Madjus, Catherine Ricafort, Matt Wells, Ron Josol, Nicco Lorenzo, Norman Alconcel, Pierre Bayuga, and Joseph Sevillo.
The Plot
Prison Dancer is the story of 6 Filipino prisoners whose lives are forever changed by the dancing rehabilitation program that became a worldwide viral sensation on Youtube. Using surveillance footage, interviews with inmates inside the prison, and good old fashioned investigative journalism, pop culture journalist Matt Wells uncovers the personal, poignant, hilarious and universal stories of 6 prison dancers whose group dancing turned a maximum security jailhouse into a world stage.
Behind the prison walls, we meet inmates Ruperto Poblador aka LOLA (who along with his gay minions OO OO and NANA, choreographs the first prison dance routines), HOOKAPS, (the prison hustler), SHAKESPEARE (the prison’s resident poet) and CHRISTIAN, (the prison’s newest inmate) and discovers a tale of life, death, dreams, fears and ultimately, redemption.
For more details, follow PRISON DANCER on: http://twitter.com/#!/prisondancer, http://www.youtube.com/prisondancer, and http://prisondancer.com/
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